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Upcoming
Events
Burgess Book Club for Children
Ages 6-12
Meets last Friday of every month from 4:00-5:30pm at Green Briar.
Please register for each month. January
27:
Old Granny Fox
$2 per child to cover snack.
Peter
Rabbit's Friends
Ages 4 & 5
Discoverers
Grades 1 -
3
Explorers
Grades 4 -
8
AGES 6 – 12
BURGESS BOOK CLUB FOR CHILDREN
Scouting Programs
Registration required
508-888-6870
Troops
are invited to come and complete requirements for badges
and patches. Space is limited, so register early. OVERNIGHTS are
booking now.
FETCH Patch for Brownies and Juniors
Family Programs
see Family Programs page for complete details
CRITTER CAPERS at Green
Briar
Fridays
at 10:30am
ANIMAL STORY TIMES at
GREEN BRIAR Saturdays at 10:30am
SCIENCE CART COMES TO GREEN BRIAR
Saturday Science
January
7
Experimenting with Light and Color Part 1
Can you create a rainbow with
a feather? Can you make a sunset sky appear in a jar? Can you
find the secret recipe for Crayola Black Markers using just a
piece of paper towel and a cup of water? Can you bend light?
Magic you say? We say Science!
Fee: Members $3 (Family Max. $10)
Non-Members $5 (Family Max. $15)
Children 3 and under are free
Adult Programs
Registration required
508-888-6870
MONDAY MORNING BIRDING with
Gretchen Moran. Join Gretchen for
a Monday morning bird walk. She will choose different locations
for her walk each Monday.
Monday, 8:30 - 11:30am
$8 for members, $12 non-members
Nature Walking Club
Wednesdays - call office
for info
508-888-6870
Garden Classes
EXPLORE PLANTS FOR
PERFUME, FOOD, COSMETIC AND MEDICINE
Each month ethnobotanist Sharon Ackland invites us to dig into
practical uses for wildflowers, herbs, perennials and trees,
wild or cultivated. Delve into Native American and “old-country”
recipes and review current plant research with home formula
methods. Scout outdoors for roots, resins, barks and berries;
then return to the kitchen to whip up a potion, perfume or
panacea.
Garden Walk, Lecture & Recipe Demonstration 1:00pm-3:30pm
Fri Jan 27th -Home Spa - A Relaxing Retreat
Feb 10th- The Essentials of Aromatherapy
Registration required
508-888-6870
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News
See a
You Tube video of Mary Beers
making Spiced Cranberry Relish in
the Green Briar Jam Kitchen.
Bird Kit
Education Kits are now
available to be loaned (free of charge) to educators for
a 2 week period. The topics available are: Birds,
Mammals, Honey Bees, Endangered Species, Herps, Rocks &
Minerals, Seashore Life, Dinosaurs & Fossils and Plants.
PLAN YOUR OWN PRIVATE JAM CLASS:
Get
together a group of 6 or more friends for your own private jam
class. Call the office for details 508-888-6870
Mary or Andrea
- or - join one of our regularly scheduled adult or family jam
workshops.
Jam Workshops
Articles from our
E-Newsletter
Around
the Pond
by Mary Beers
Director of Education
American Woodcock
Nature's Apothecary
by Sharon Ackland
Rhododendron
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